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As far as the weather was going it was a bit of an anticlimax. Quite overcast and flat.
So went for the obvious minimalistic long exposure shot.
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A bit further north, up in the dunes, the tracks nearly disappear under the grass. Nonetheless, our friend Ym-Ys 16 "Heden" is valiantly ploughing on on its way from Thyborøn Havn to Vemb. By that time (19:52), the sun had all but disappeared behind a thick layer of cirrus clouds, so I had to do some colour editing to make it palatable. Vrist, 28-08-2024.
There's a bit of backstory to this photo, and I hope I don't make it too long... Darla used to not care about food. She was not food motivated at all. She barely cared about getting her dinner, let alone treats, but since her dementia began, food is her joy! In my house, all the dogs get a treat (cookie) around 7:00 p.m. but the rule is, they must go outside and do their business before they get the treat. All of the dogs know this and as soon as dinner is done, they all pretend that they have to go out, because they think if they go out, even if it is way earlier than 7pm, they'll get a cookie when they come back inside. Pokey has an added trick to try to entice a cookie out of me - it is to run as fast as he can all around the yard. He somehow knows that it makes me laugh, and apparently he thinks that if he can make me laugh, he'll get a treat earlier. Lately, Darla (who never runs) has gotten caught up in his act, and has soon as Pokey starts running, she'll start running too (although much much slower). The thing is, that due to her dementia, she just runs about in a totally random pattern (where Pokey does purposeful laps around the yard) On the one hand, it hurts my heart that she is gradually getting more and more confused, but on the other, I'm so glad that she still finds joy in life, in running in the opposite direction of Pokey, and in cookies.
Rainy and miserable today after such a gorgeous day yesterday. The forecast however said it would clear up later in the afternoon, so I held off until around teatime.
Yes, the clouds cleared, the sun came out for all of about 5 minutes. But I did like the way the sky looked from the garden.
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When we stand in awe, our lips do not demand speech; we know that if we spoke, we would deprave ourselves. In such moments talk is an abomination. All we want is to pause, to be still, that the moment may last. It is like listening to great music; how it reaps the yield from the fertile soil of stillness; we are swept by it without being able to appraise it. The meaning of the things we revere is overwhelming and beyond the grasp of our understanding. We possess no categories for it and would distort it if we tried to appraise it by our standard of values; it essentially surpasses our criteria.
-Thunder in the Soul To Be Known by God, Abraham Joshua Heschel
A young Great Blue Heron making its way across the mud flats on Horsepen Bayou pauses to think things over before making its next move.
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Just a little showcase/ review of the new BA vests :-)
When I saw these on pictures, I was a bit skeptic on whether these would actually look good on a minifigure. They seemed too large for one, but nevertheless I decided to buy some since they looked really nice. I immediately put one on a minifig, and these definitely exceeded my expectations!
The bulkiness of the vests actually looks nice, it makes the minifigure look all geared up and ready for anything. It does make it harder for them to grip the gun sideways, but I'd say it's still worth it. The vests pair perfectly with the minifigure, it almost looks like it's molded on there. Buying these will really give your minifigs the next level of detail. Thanks Will!
What are your thoughts about these? Do you like them or not?
Cheers,
-Victor
Regular visitor to this delightful location at this time of the year and often wonder how many of the students actually take time to notice this amazing setting. The security guard that Bruce and I spoke to didnt have a clue suggesting it was a wattle tree....duh.
Nikon 14-24
HBW!! This shot was taken on the same street as the previous. The red dot on the left is a bicycle reflector. (<-----that little tid-bit is for you, Georgie grrl) ;o)
Bit more recent than the previous couple of photos, also on a ferry in Istanbul, longer exposure with a tripod.
I like Oliver tractors. They're just a bit different and we never saw that many of 'em. There were a bunch at this show.
August 17, 2019
Montgomery County Old Threshers Show, Missouri
I know that I am a bit late to the party, but here is my take of the close encounter of Mars with the Pleiades open cluster.
I would have loved to shoot this as a deepscape from a dark sky location with some nice landscape in the foreground, but first I was clouded out and when it finally cleared, I had to fly the other day and was only able to shoot from my light polluted backyard.
Sometimes, you have to take what you can, even if it means to shoot a reflection nebula under a bortle 5 sky. Hope I will have better conditions in 17 years, when this encounter will happen again.
EXIF
Canon EOS 7D mkii
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8
Skywatcher AZ-GTI
Controlled with ASIair
120 x 30s + 60 x 15s @ ISO800 @ 200mm f/2.8
This isn't velvet, or a fine silky dress, or some strange sun storm, or a complicated fractal graph. This is simple sand, and it is absolutely unbelievable how the water and the wind are able to transform the sand. Day after day, year after year, age after age. Here, in a detail of the famous Antelope Canyon in Arizona, it is possible to see all the five elements gathered in a single image: the earth describes a wave, molded along the time by the wind and burned by the sun.
From Rerik I drove to KĂ¼hlungsborn. Another one of the old sea side resorts.
And like in the other towns with that kind of reputation I had difficulties adapting to them. I prefer smaller places with less people. Of course it was really nice just not really my type of place. At least not in direct comparison.
A bit of colour from the summer to brighten another grey weekend. These boats arrived at lunchtime. One of the sailors headed off in search of a pasty as someone had made off with his sandwiches in another boat. I still can't work out why he left his sandals on the beach . . .
St Mawes is the principal village on the Roseland Peninsula, in South Cornwall, and is situated on the mouth of the Percuil River which flows into the Carrick Roads. An immense natural harbour, which is often claimed to be the third largest in the world, was created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the ice melted, causing the sea level to rise dramatically.
An important port in medieval times, it now serves as a popular tourist location, with many properties in the town functioning as holiday accommodation. The village is also a centre for a range of water sports activities and offers two fine sandy beaches, a range of pubs, cafes and restaurants, and some interesting shops and galleries.
A year-round ferry provides a service to Falmouth, which is less than a mile away by boat, but due to its proximity to the Fal estuary it is some 30 miles (48 km) away by road.
A bit of detail from the Glacial Moraine at the top end of Sassendalen in Spitsbergen.
I was standing above this spot for my last posted shot of this area.
Glaciers are never quite as pristine as you might think, they grind along the mountain sides and valleys wearing them away and bring all the rubble to the melting point where it gets deposited - 'right here'.
Very hard to get any of the parrots or rosellas to come down out of the canopy at this site. So this was a bit of a treat.
(Clare)
A change in hiking plans allowed me to work a bit more on the prototype for my journal bookcase.
Of course my journals are all a part of my bucket list, but the bookcase to house them in is (at least in the design model), pretty epic. With this notch done I can start working on the detailed letter routing for the case. Next comes the stain and then some assembly.
This is of course just a prototype of one case, but when I have all of my measurements, designs, and methods down I will be able to start work on bringing this creation to life!
Theme: Dream A Little Dream
Year Fourteen Of My 365 Project
a little bit of sunshine in your life
always bring your own sunshine
pose and backdrop found at sunnys studio
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Yes, that is all that is left of the former coastline, bits and pieces.
This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and Super-Multi-Coated Macro-Takumar/6X7 1:4/135mm lens with a Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 67ø L39(UV) SMC filter using Kodak Ektar 100 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
Something a bit different than one of my favorite landscape photos.
The lobby of the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The designers did an excellent job with the detail and color of the space. The 5 second exposure almost blurred out the individuals walking within view. The hotel policy does not permit tripods, but I asked permission and they agreed,but did ask that I be careful of others.
Nikon D800
Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 at 24 mm
5 sec at f/13 ISO 100
Single photo processed in Lightroom
Captured; April 15, 2013
A bit of an experiment in panoramas. Something I've never got round to trying before.
I did actually do one much wider than this but they don't always display very well on a screen anyway so I chopped it down to this version.
I had a nice walk with Poppy on Cracken edge near Hayfield which was very misty and atmospheric. Feeling Kn*****ed now ;D
Sooner or later, the frog DOES turn into a prince.
~Raine ( a bit edited)
Was bugged by this idea, so tried this out today! *shakes head*
*Must get back to work, must get back to work*
Oh and HBW, even though theres no bokeh in my shot but its been long since I wished! ^_^
Frog, crown and gerbera stock from deviantART.
Bit of a story here....
Some 29 years ago (yikes!) I arrived in Sheffield having transferred from London Ambulance to take up my new post at Longley Ambulance Station.
I filled a vacancy there due to a chap leaving and going off to Canada to start a new life over there in the ambulance service.
His name was/is Lou Gelsthorpe.
The other day I was sat in Middlewood Ambulance Station when a guy came in and asked if there were any 'old' ambulance men about..
I said no everybody was out bar me and the cleaners.
I asked him what he wanted 'old ambulance men' for and he said that he used to work for South Yorkshire Ambulance a while back but had moved to Canada...
The penny slowly dropped and I asked him his name.....
Yes! It was/is the same guy! Lou Gelsthorpe!
I was amazed at seeing him and then I told him that I was the guy who took his place at Longley Station 29 years ago... It was then his turn to be amazed...!
What a thing eh!
For me to be at Middlewood Station when he called in on the off chance & not even the station we were both at 29 years ago either!.
Amazing..!
We sat down and had a bit of a reminisce and I got out the station photo albums and we looked through them and he saw guys and gals that he recognised and even remembered names of! I had to point out the ones who had not only retired but had unfortunately died as well.. (bit sad but very good too!)
He couldn't stay too long but I asked if I could take a picture of him and put it up here on Flickr..
So I did! There he is in the top one with one of our newest vehicles.....
Plus for a 'context' view I have placed him (in the lower picture) leaning on the very vehicles that both he & I drove & worked from out of Longley Station, but of course not at the same time!
Not a great 'clone' shot but I thought I'd put them together...
Wow what an interesting encounter eh!
Lou said that he had some old photos from his time with SYAS and would email them to me... So watch this space..
I work for Yorkshire Ambulance Service on the RRVs in and around the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire.
It’s a great job and I feel very honoured to be able to help people at their point of need.
Check out the website for all sorts of info re YAS and the work we do.
It's really sad to see this boy who is no older than 5-year old selling tit-bits on the pedestrian overhead bridge between Al Merjeh and Souq Sarojja in Damascus, Syria. He is selling this all by himself.
Location : Damascus, Syria
Have no idea what this act was. They were bit part performers.
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Opuntia, more commonly known as prickly pear cactus. McDowell Mountains Sonoran Preserve, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.